There are many examples of this in the New Testament. Pseudepigraphy is the shining example, where an author pretends to be someone famous, usually to get his book read. You need to be careful because some biblical texts pretend to be written earlier than they are…. Internal evidence examines clues in the text themselves, Sherlock style. External evidence consists of the actual physical manuscripts of the biblical books as well as references to the books in other literature. I will explain each one and then how they go together. Here are a few answers.Īll of these work together. How do we date biblical books, specifically to the first century? Great important question. You pack foundational questions into a brief space. How does the New Testament compare to other ancient “historical” texts? In all my readings, I have been unable to find anyone that addresses these basic questions regarding dating and reliablity of the text. It just seems there are a lot of assumptions and I have yet to discover if they are valid/warranted. I have a difficult time understanding how a textual critic could view the New Testament as providing any reliable history and the evidence that is used to validate its historicity and dating. Bart Ehrman, seem to believe that at least a few of the Pauine Epistles were in fact written by Paul.Īlso, the four Gospels seem to be at least some-what reliable in painting the historical Jesus, otherwise people like you and Dr. Regarding the time-line of the epistles, what evidence do we have that any of the books were written in the 1st century? Both Christian Bible scholars as well as those that are agnostic ie.
If you address my questions in your next posst, let me know. Information found in Jared’s post come from his online courses through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. John’s Gospel of Signs and Discourse Sources Book
Miracle stories Controversy stories, etc.
Writings of the Jerusalem Church? Other letters by Paul, including perhaps some to Jews Christian Literature (According to Raymond Brown, Introduction to the New Testament )Īpostolic Fathers based on Ehrman’s Loeb editions and Clayton Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers Lost Sources
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